No TVs in Seaside restaurants

[coondog]

The banning of tv's is all about Robert Davis dictating what can and cannot happen in Seaside. Things have gotten so bad there that the Seasdie Town Council has actually had to sue him about a month ago. There is no regular music at Bud's anymore either because his sister-in-law was in town once weekend and complained about the noise, and the latest is that he wants to charge for parking in Seaside (guess who controls the parking). Seems that things appear to have become a dictatorship lately.

 

[MrMentalFitness]

Sigh. Ordinance For Dogs Eating At Restaurants

If I see a dog eating chow at a restaurant, I'm turning around and never coming back.

 

[scooterbug44]

Outside is one thing, as is a few dogs - 20 dogs in one outdoor area is not somewhere I want to eat.

And for the love of god, do NOT bring a dog INTO the restaurant or some other venue unless it is a service dog.

 

[PJJ]

Before I identify all of you as incredibly self-absorbed, miserable childless individuals, how do you quantify screaming children?

Sometimes our one year old squeals, and while it can be loud, it's brief. We quickly find something to distract and walk him out if it is repetetive. Often he squeals because people at nearby tables are making faces, waving, etc at him, and no I'm not going to get up and tell people to stop waving at my kid because you made him squeal a few times. With our first, the noise bothered me more, and I was quicker to walk him out on the first sound. We got a lot of commiserating "he's fine/ we've been there before" type comments and after getting used to kids being kids I'm more laid back. And even when there aren't crackers or banana pieces on the floor, the tips are higher provided that the server isn't a complete ass.

We live here year-round and if we can't get a sitter, we aren't going to go to Bayou Bill's, Enzo's or God help us McDonalds every night we want to grab a bite out (no offense to BB's or Enzo's, they are some of the few kids places nearby). We go early, ask to be seated in a corner or outside, and save the white tablecloth type restaurants for when we have a sitter. Pizza Bar, Red Bar, Harbor Docks, and many, many more places are fair game. The kids are as well behaved as you reasonably expect and I'm not walking them out or locking myself in my house if they spill ketchup on their ascot. If you hear them crying you won't for long, they aren't getting up and running around and they mind their parents who are cognizant that we are all in a restaurant. If you have a problem with them or how they are behaving, it is your own.

 

[UofL]

Darndest thing happened to us at Great Southern, at the outside bar. There was 1 chair, that my husband graciously let me have. 4 people were chatting, two standing. The two sitting left, then the other two sat down. One was around 12 years old. Then we realized that the man the kid was with, left him to do something. Probably saw someboy he knew. We would have liked to order another drink and some food, but didn't want my husband to stand. So we left. I am old, so I remember the laws where women couldn't sit at bars. There should be laws against children at the bar We'll be back of course. Ellen

 

[scooterbug44]

PJJ - The behavior you describe is how we WISH kids/parents in restaurants would act. Some occasional noise and typical kid messiness is just fine.

It is the constant screaming drowning out conversations at other tables, throwing food at other diners, kids running around tripping waitstaff, noisy electronic games, zero attempts at discipline or noise control, and a bar full of kids after 10 pm that drive us nuts.

 

[LuciferSam]

Sigh. Ordinance For Dogs Eating At Restaurants

If I see a dog eating chow at a restaurant, I'm turning around and never coming back.

No shih tzu.

 

[debesquire]

Stopped by the Tarpon Club Saturday night for a mojito to mogogo and guess what's back, sports fans? (and it's not screaming/whiney children, cackling drunk women or dogs ordering the carnivore special)

 

[Beach Runner]

:scratch:

 

[MrMentalFitness]

Before I identify all of you as incredibly self-absorbed, miserable childless individuals, how do you quantify screaming children?

Uh...children...who are, perhaps, say..."SCREAMING", raising a holy ruckus, running around and throwing things like wild savages maybe, as their parents (likewise tired of fast food and eating at home thus seek out a more refined dining experience) who have grown immune to the endless racket of the kids-being-kids antics of their center-of-their-universe offspring, completely ignore what's going on and refuse to manage the situation? They, too, tend to boast a philosophy of, "If you have a problem with them or how they are behaving, it is your own." This, of course, is the real example of self-absorption.

Yes, methinks that's quite a solid definition. Note, of course, that none have complained about well-behaved lads and lasses, those wee citizens who comport themselves in a civilized manner in classy eating establishments and who pay their taxes and recycle conscientiously.

It's not about anybody being childless, miserable, or self-absorbed. Of course, one would love to think only of one's self if one could think at all with the rioting going on. Fact is, it's really about paying good money for a great dining experience, getting it when at all possible, and that does not include an incongruous symphony of Beethoven's 'Toccata and "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" D Minor'.

Your child, of course, is cute and adorable and well-reared and not one of those upon whom we would love the power to summon security to see hoisted out by their Justin Biebers, to rousing applause.